Re: could not create IPv6 socket (AI_ADDRCONFIG)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp> writes:
> > Hello, I have often seen inquiries about an log message from
> > PostgreSQL server.
> >> LOG:  could not create IPv6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol
> 
> That's merely a harmless log message.


> If we're concerned about users worrying about log messages from
> this, I'd rather see us downgrade those log messages to DEBUG level
> than risk breaking the code with behaviors that were proven to be
> a bad idea a decade ago.  But TBH I see no strong need to do anything
> here.

How about just adding a HINT?

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